Shuweihat 4 RO IWP
Seawater RO, 70 MIGD (318,225 m3/day) in United Arab Emirates.
Under construction
The record
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Location
- Shuweihat
- Coordinates
- 24.180, 52.600
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 70 MIGD (318,225 m3/day)
- Capital cost
- US$444 million
- Stage
- Under construction
- Owner or client
- EWEC (offtaker, 30-year water purchase agreement); project company owned by TAQA (60%) and GS Inima (40%)
- Contractor
- TAQA (60%) and GS Inima (40%)
- Operator
- O&M company owned by GS Inima (60%) and TAQA (40%)
- Finance
- Project finance, 71% debt from ADIB, Commercial Bank of Dubai, KfW IPEX-Bank and Export-Import Bank of Korea
- Award or start year
- 2023
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2023-08
Water purchase agreement signed with EWEC
- 2023-12
Financial close, AED 1.6 billion (US$444 million)
Sources
3 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Gulf Daily News, Taqa, GS Inima and EWEC close $444m S4 RO project. gdnonline.com.
- Smart Water Magazine, GS Inima awarded BOO Contract for Shuweihat 4 Reverse Osmosis Seawater Desalination Plant, 22 December 2023. smartwatermagazine.com.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.